Friday, September 26, 2014

Below is a small sampling of the wonderful images from the Alexandra Soteriou photographs, 1968 (2013av029). The collection comprises a scrapbook and photo negatives that document everyday
life in Lexington, Kentucky, from April to June 1968, following the
assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy. Some
photographs also appear to be taken in Cincinnati, Ohio. The scrapbook
additionally contains quotes and poems accompanying the photographs.
Many of the negatives and scrapbook pages detail African-American life
on Kenton Street in Lexington. Some negatives show crowds in front of
Buell Armory on the University of Kentucky's campus. All pictures and
negatives in the collection are attributed to Alexandra Soteriou.

Alexandra Soteriou was editor of the
Kentuckian, the University of Kentucky yearbook, for
1969-1970. This yearbook was published without approval from the
Director of Student Publications. Soteriou graduated from UK in 1971
with a Bachelors of Arts in Arts and Sciences.